hills                  package:MASS                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The record times in 1984 for 35 Scottish hill races.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(hills)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     The components are:

     `_d_i_s_t' distance in miles (on the map)

     `_c_l_i_m_b' total height gained during the route, in feet.

     `_t_i_m_e' record time in minutes.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     A.C. Atkinson (1986) Comment: Aspects of diagnostic regression
     analysis. Statistical Science  1, 397-402.

     [A.C. Atkinson (1988) Transformations unmasked. Technometrics 30,
     311-318 "corrects" the time for Knock Hill from 78.65 to 18.65. It
     is unclear if this based on the original records.]

